Schinderhannes cycle path
| Schinderhannes cycle path | |
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| overall length | 38 km |
| Starting point | Simmer |
| Target point | Emmelshausen |
| Flooring | asphalted |
| difficulty | light |
| Traffic volume | traffic-free cycle path |
The in Hunsrück located Schinderhannes trail is 38 km long and runs as Greenway on the former Hunsrückbahn of simmering over Kastellaun to Emmelshausen . The path is named after the German robber Johannes Bückler , also known as Schinderhannes , whose raids mainly took place in the Hunsrück.
The cycle path was completed in 1999 and opened for cyclists, skaters and walkers. It is completely paved and runs largely flat across the Hunsrück north of Simmern towards the heights of the Rhine around Emmelshausen. The cycle path is signposted in both directions . Its black and white logo shows the eponymous Schinderhannes armed with a pistol . A total of 174 meters of ascent and 289 meters of descent can be expected between the start and finish point .
Route
The cycle path starts in Emmelshausen . From there it winds in loops via Leiningen , Norath and Pfalzfeld towards the south. Past Lingerhahn and the Dudenrother Schanze it goes to Ebschied . The cycle path crosses the Gödenrother forest to Hollnich , then the Kastellauner forest, before reaching Kastellaun with the castle ruins of the same name . Passing Hasselbach via Alterkülz and Neuerkirch you get to Külz . Between Külz and Keidelheim the Schinderhannes cycle path crosses the 50th latitude . Apart from the approximately 1.5 km long ascent behind Kastellaun, the path to Simmern continuously falls slightly down the valley. On his last stretch he follows the runs from Külzbach and Simmerbach to Simmern.
Notice boards
Information boards are set up at twelve points along the route, giving insights into the history and special features of the region.
- Table 1: the 50th parallel crosses the cycle path between Külz and Keidelheim
- Table 2: Eid mine - ore mine between Alterkülz and Neuerkirch am Külzbach
- Table 3: Sea sands near Hasselbach
- Table 4: Tropical soil near Lingerhahn
- Table 5: Ilse manganese ore mine at the Beller train station near Bell
- Plate 6: Ice Age brook terrace at the Simmerner Bergschlösschen
- Table 7: Historic mineral water fountain in Sauerbrunnen
- Plate 8: Group of burial mounds near the Hunsrück barracks / Kastellaun
- Plate 9: Bell wagon grave next to the Beller train station
- Plate 10: Pfalzfeld column in Pfalzfeld
- Plate 11: Villa Rustica between Neuerkirch and Alterkülz
- Table 12: Dudenrother Schanze shortly before Dudenroth
Events
In the first few years of its existence, cycling days were organized on and along the cycle path.
The largest event on the cycle path was the Hunsrück Marathon between Emmelshausen and Simmern with around two thousand athletes. This event took place on the last Sunday in August until 2017. It started in the categories running , relay , inline skating , walking on three different lengths: marathon (Emmelshausen-Simmern), half-marathon (Kastellaun / Ebschied-Simmern), and "fun" (Neuerkirch-Simmern).
Connection bike paths
- Schinderhannes-Soonwald cycle path
- Biebertaler circular route
- Hunsrück-Moselle cycle path
- Lahntal cycle path
- Moselle cycle path
- Rhine cycle route
- Schinderhannes-Untermosel cycle path
- Hunsrück Cycle Path ( Saarburg - Bacharach )
literature
- Karin Ochel-Spies. The Schinderhannes cycle path in the Hunsrück: formation of the landscape and settlement history . Fischer, Kastellaun 2004.
Web links
- Schinderhannes cycle path and connections
- Railroad cycling details
- gastlandschaften.de - tour description and map
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schinderhannes-Radweg , on www.tourenplaner-rheinland-pfalz.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
- ↑ Rejection: Why the Hunsrück Marathon is canceled , at www.rhein-zeitung.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 20.2 ″ N , 7 ° 33 ′ 20.6 ″ E